cmntx records presents a double release show for Emanuel Ayvas ('AMMA') and Jackson Greenberg ('The Things We Pass On Through Our Genes'), with composer Fritz Myers and poet Jason Mitchell.

Ayas presents a set of narrative works that weave together his practices in poetry and music, performing alongside string quintet. Through the electronic manipulation of a live string quartet, Greenberg's "The Things We Pass On Through Our Genes" explores inherited trauma and how that carries from generation to generation. Myers' premieres a new arrangement of his song “Electric Souls” accompanied by string quartet, paired with his quartet "The Time Is Going to Pass Anyway".

Featuring:
Giancarlo Latta, violin
Clara Kim, violin
Carrie Frey, viola
Julia Henderson, cello
David Lizmi, doublebass & electronics
Alex Ring Gray, electronics & engineering

This performance will be filmed live for video.

Friday, December 1, 2023
Doors 7:30 PM | Show 8 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (3 W 65th St)
Tickets $20

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InfraSound is excited to welcome you to our 2023-2024 season opener “Portals Between Worlds,” an immersive concert experience that explores how musical compositions can act as a “portal” between a composer’s internal environment and an audience. Whether it is abstract, nostalgic, mournful, angry, or analytical, connections can be drawn across time and space to connect each individual’s experiences together through music.

Works include Nico Muhly’s riveting and energetic doublespeak, the world premiere of a new piccolo trio by Paul Novak called Ornithology of Desire, Yaz Lancaster’s enigmatic yesterday, today, tomorrow, the next day, Rajna Swaminathan’s fleet / hold, Euna Joh’s captivating Kin Saranga, Mario Diaz de Leon’s transcendental Portals Before Dawn, and a new arrangement of Sinńead O’Connor’s sorrowful and powerful rock ballad Troy. 

Performed by the InfraSound Ensemble:
Amber Evans, soprano
Luke Paulino, countertenor
Megan Torti, piccolo
Stefanie Proulx, flutes
Yoshi Weinberg, flutes
Bradley Frizzell, clarinets
Louis Barker, violin
Yaz Lancaster, violin
Harper Barkley, cello
Daniel Schreiner, piano
J. Clancy (JC), percussion
Alex Ring Gray, electronics

An evening showcase of solo vibraphone repertoire, performed by Matt Lau and Wes Fowler. Featuring a world premiere by Ania Vu, stunning visuals by Xuan (http://www.xuanfilms.com/), and much more. Hope to see you there!

Program:
Humble Servant - Adrian Knight
Quantum Foam - Alex Ring Gray
Ritratti Surreali - Massimo Lauricella
Just Take a Second, and Breathe - Matthew Carey
Particle Wave - Kirsten Volness
adrift - Ania Vu

Livestream link: https://bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/ip106

Ashlee Booth (cello) & Cameron Rehberg (viola) perform BILLY

Info: https://citizenvinyl.com/event/sunday-classical-music-series/

Improv set featuring Seb Zel (guitar), Zonkey (electronics), Alex Ring Gray (sax / electronics), and Kyle Brenn (drums)

Doors 7 PM
Wesley Park Trio
Mohamed Kubbara
Seb Zel Wanders
Hans Tammen’s Shaman’s Brew

Immersive sound installation, and live concert by Alex Ring Gray and Austin Philemon

This event begins with a sound installation running from 3–6 PM. The installation features works from the album expanded and reconfigured for an 8 speaker immersive surround sound environment. It will run in 45 minute cycles.

There will be a concert at 6 PM featuring Alex Ring Gray (saxophone) and Austin Philemon (organ).

This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Enjoy a Saturday afternoon in Central Park, then stop by for drones & music at your leisure :~). No reservation required.

Suggested Donation: $10
CDs will be available for $15

Presented by cmntx records

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About the Album:

"The Organ That Breathes" is a homecoming for composer Alex Ring Gray, whose earliest days of writing music were for his own saxophone quartet in high school, as they could not afford to purchase sheet music. After a decade of expanding into other composing mediums, Gray returns to his primary instrument with densely layered improvisations, textures, and drones; morphing his saxophone into a living, breathing reed organ. Actual organs build the through-line, with several variants (electric, reed, pipe) blending and crossfading with Gray's saxophones.

The importance of breathing as a woodwind player led the album to largely become a meditation on the fragility of health. Several pieces were written as cathartic reactions to loved ones' health issues (diabetes, Fahr’s syndrome, cancers), or in remembrance of ones who had passed. Others are focused on the saxophonist's own breath, intertwining Gray’s own performance practice with meditation breathing exercises. re: meditations showcases his and his collaborators (Seth Fox, Blake Opper, Erin Rogers) pushing their lungs to the limit in an ode to experimental saxophone legends Jon Gibson, Terry Riley, Dickie Landry, and Pharoah Sanders.

"The Organ That Breathes" releases June 16.

Pre-order on Bandcamp

InfraSound presents our final concert of the 2022-2023 season “He Will Die Howling” at The LGBT Center in Manhattan. Performing works by Ursula Mamlok, Nebal, Peter Maxwell Davies, and a world premiere by Elizabeth Gartman, InfraSound explores the intersections of queerness, politics, mental health, religion, culture, and music. 

This concert is supported in part by the Urusla Mamlok Foundation and Figma, as well as our fabulous donors. Thank you for your support! 

Ursula Mamlok: Polarities
Nebal: Al Wahdat Al Wujud
Elizabeth Gartman: Extreme[ly Good] Design
Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King

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**Performing electronics on Al Wahdat Al Wujud

InfraSound presents Pop-Up! an evening of chamber pop arrangements.

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Arranger: Tom Waits’ Poor Edward and MIKA’s Over My Shoulder

After going virtual in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic, the annual Tibet House Benefit Concert is returning in 2023 to NYC's Carnegie Hall on March 1.

Philip Glass is, as always, the Artistic Director for the concert which will feature performances by Allison Russell, New Order’s Bernard Sumner, Laurie Anderson, Gogol Bordello, Marc Anthony Thompson (Chocolate Genius, Inc), Zsela, The Philip Glass Ensemble, Tenzin Choegyal, Scorchio Quartet, The Patti Smith Band and more to be announced. Uma Thurman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and Arden Wohl will serve as the evening’s honorary chairs.

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Appearing on piano & electronics with Philip Glass, Tenzin Choegyal, and Saori Tsukada

Acoustic Corner (Black Mountain, NC) hosts a concert of contemporary Viola & Cello duos, including TWO premieres.

Violas: Daphne Bickley & Cameron Rehberg
Cellos: Ashlee Booth & Amanda Durst

Seating is limited, so please call (828-669-5162) or come ahead of time to reserve a ticket. Tickets are $20.

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Includes the premiere of BILLY – dedicated to my grandfather, Billy H. Ring (1933–2016), whom spent several years as a pastor in Asheville.

IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD

Caught between a fragmented mind and a fuzzy grasp on reality, Kate seeks a fresh start to her life. After being shooed away by a neighbor who no longer recognizes her, Kate subsequently breaks into her estranged family home. There she discovers a piece of mail which leads to a downward spiral of paranoia, alarm for family safety, and an unquestionable certainty she’s being targeted.

Directed by: Lilly Lion
Starring: Laura Welsh and Blaine Palmer
Music by: Alex Ring Gray

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Inspired by Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, this performance will take place in various areas of the concert hall, as the audience travels “down the rabbit hole” to explore the sound worlds within. This concert will have music by Kaija Sarriaho, Unsuk Chin, Susan Botti, Arvo Pärt, Yoshi Weinberg, and a brand new InfraSound arrangement of Austin Philemon’s Curiouser and Curiouser.

IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD

Caught between a fragmented mind and a fuzzy grasp on reality, Kate seeks a fresh start to her life. After being shooed away by a neighbor who no longer recognizes her, Kate subsequently breaks into her estranged family home. There she discovers a piece of mail which leads to a downward spiral of paranoia, alarm for family safety, and an unquestionable certainty she’s being targeted.

Directed by: Lilly Lion
Starring: Laura Welsh and Blaine Palmer
Music by: Alex Ring Gray

The HollyShorts Monthly Screening series is a monthly short film series showcasing short films and feature films in Los Angeles monthly and in New York once a year. The screening series showcases the top short films and feature films from around the world at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres.

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STREAMING (JAN 26th ONWARD)

The Beltline Bones trombone quartet will be presenting a wild and imaginative concert of electroacoustic music including works by Alex Ring Gray, Eve Beglarian, Isaac Mayhew, Brooks Frederickson, and Pauline Oliveros.

Featuring new quartet arrangement of Geminids, and new fixed media works 3200 Phaethon and I witness and wait.